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Showing posts with label Wilful Misconduct. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wilful Misconduct. Show all posts
Saturday 25 February 2023

Just Cause Not Yet a Lost Cause. Deliberate Destruction of Company Property Proper Basis for Summary Dismissal: ONSC

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Is the intentional destruction of company property cause for termination of employment without notice? Does it meet the higher burden of s...
Sunday 11 December 2022

The Trumping of Hope. The Court of Appeal for Ontario’s Merciless Approach to Contract Interpretation in Employment Law

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On September 16, 2021, I published a post titled “Hope for Ontario's Employer Bar: The ONSC's Decision in Rahman v. Cannon Design ...
Saturday 23 April 2022

Court of Appeal Recognizes that Employees Terminated “For Cause” May Still Be Entitled to Statutory Termination Benefits

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The law concerning the rights and responsibilities of Ontario’s employers to dismiss an employee “for cause” , and the rights of employee ...
Friday 22 October 2021

Ontario’s Employers Have Just Cause to be Frustrated

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This is an opinion piece and, yes, a bit of a rant. Since the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc....
Thursday 16 September 2021

Hope for Ontario's Employer Bar: The ONSC's Decision in Rahman v. Cannon Design Architecture Inc.

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Are these words automatically fatal to a contractual termination provision post the Court of Appeal’s decision in Waksdale v. Swegon North...
Friday 15 November 2019

Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images Grounds for Summary Dismissal

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Can sharing intimate photos of one your coworkers with your friends result in the summary termination of your employment for cause? In a...
Tuesday 19 February 2019

Termination for “Cause” Provision Violates the ESA

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Does a termination clause that only allows an employer to terminate an employee without notice for “just cause” comply with the provision...
Wednesday 4 July 2012

Careless but not Disentitled

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Just cause for termination is a thorny issue. Employers often wish to advance it as a means of reducing (hopefully to nil) their obligation...